1   Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Øre/kWh
  3rd quarter 2001 2nd Q 2001 3rd Q 2000 19983 19993 20003
  Electricity price incl. taxes1 Electricity price excl. taxes2 Change in electricity price excl. taxes (per cent) Change in electricity price incl. taxes (per cent) Electricity price excl. taxes2 Electricity price excl. taxes2 Electricity price excl. taxes2 Electricity price excl. taxes2 Electricity price excl. taxes2
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos. Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
Households 40,3 22,1 2,6 107,9 1,7 75,8 21,5 10,6 16,2 15,2 14,1
1-year fixed-price contracts 38,5 20,6 9,2 46,3 5,8 42,1 18,9 14,1 .. 15,2 14,4
Other fixed price contracts 40,0 21,9 17,7 45,2 11,1 41,6 18,6 15,1 .. 16,9 16,5
Contracts tied to spot price 37,7 20,0 -2,2 97,5 -1,4 69,1 20,4 10,1 .. 13,1 12,3
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 40,7 22,5 1,6 121,4 1,1 82,4 22,1 10,1 16,0 15,1 14,1
                       
Services . 19,6 1,6 62,9 . . 19,3 12,0 16,5 14,8 13,3
New fixed-price contacts (entered into the last 3 mos. before the measuring week) . 20,3 21,6 39,0 . . 16,7 14,6 17,5 14,9 13,9
Old fixed-price contracts (entered into before last 3 mos.) . 15,7 1,5 12,5 . . 15,5 14,0 17,8 15,7 14,4
Contracts tied to spot price . 18,1 -13,2 101,5 . . 20,8 9,0 12,1 12,5 10,7
Variable price (not tied to spot price) . 22,5 2,5 123,0 . . 22,0 10,1 15,2 14,9 14,0
                       
Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry . 18,8 1,8 44,5 . . 18,4 13,0 16,3 15,1 13,9
New fixed-price contracts (entered into the last 3 mos. before the measuring week) . 21,3 12,5 59,5 . . 19,0 13,4 16,8 14,7 14,2
Old fixed price contracts (entered into before last 3 mos.) . 17,8 8,3 15,6 . . 16,4 15,4 17,4 16,8 15,4
Contracts tied to spot price . 17,4 -10,9 103,9 . . 19,5 8,5 12,8 12,1 10,7
Variable price (not tied to spot price) . 19,0 -13,3 85,0 . . 21,9 10,3 15,1 14,2 14,2
                       
Energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry4 . 14,1 8,0 -1,2 . . 13,0 14,2 12,0 13,1 12,2
Old fixed-price contracts and contracts not entered in the market . 14,1 8,0 -5,4 . . 13,0 14,9 12,1 13,5 12,4
Contracts tied to spot price . : : : . . : 8,1 9,6 10,8 10,1
1  Tax on consumption in 2001 is 11.3 øre/kWh and was 8.56 øre/kWh in 2000, VAT is 24 per cent in 2001 and was 23 per cent in 2000. Tax on consumption is not levied in Finnmark and some municipalities in Nord-Troms. Manufacturing, mining and greenhouses are also exempt, in 2001 this only holds for electric energy used in the production prosess. Nordland, Troms and Finnmark do not pay VAT. The price in this column is the average for the entire country. To find the average price including taxes for areas not exempted from taxes, add 11.3 to the average price. Subsequently add 24 per cent to this total.
2  VAT and tax on consumption are not included.
3  Preliminary estimate.
4  Average for all types of contracts, incl. new fixed-price contracts and variable price (not tied to spot price).

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